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The Ultimate Reading Challenge: Complete a Goal, Open an Envelope, and Reveal Your Bookish Prize! | Weldon Owen

Help a Litten out! I'm wanting to get back into reading challenges this year but I'm having a hard time figuring out what Litsy is hosting these days. It looks like a few I used to do aren't active anymore. Are there any I should know about? (I'm planning to do #bookspin with @TheAromaofBooks and #agathachristieclubR3 with @Librarybelle, of course!)

Picture of my dog's dumb teeth for tax!

TheAromaofBooks I'm participating in - #Pantone2025 and #FourFoursin25 with @lauredhel
- #WickedWords with @AsYouWish
- #Roll100 and #GottaCatchEmAll with @PuddleJumper
- #FictionalTraveler and #ReadorDonate with @julieclair
and my own other challenges, #ISpyBingo and #BookChain

Have you checked @LitsyEvents ? That account does a great job reposting all kinds of shenanigans!! 2w

Ruthiella You can follow @LitsyEvents for reposts of all the challenges, etc. Good luck! 😃 2w

AmyG There is #authoramonth @soubhiville where one reads 1+ books from that specific author for the month. #TBRTarot is where a card is chosen and you pick a corresponding book. #readyourkindle is like Bookspin but just for ereaders. Last two are with @Cbee (edited) 2w

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Jess861 Some of the ones I'm participating in and aren't listed above:

#BookedInTime @Cuilin
#FoodAndLit @Catsandbooks @Texreader
#SeriesLove2025 @Andrew65 @TheSpineView
#OhCanada @jess861 (me) 2w

Cuilin #HashtagBrigade @BarkingMadRead #NoPlaceLikeHolmes @Dabbe & @Cuilin #NaturalLitsy @alldebooks #WhatTheDickens @Texreader & @Cuilin #literarycrew @Librarybelle 2w

dabbe Some others: #WithTheBanned2025 (host: @Jadams89); #NancyDrewBR (host: @Librarybelle); #ChristiesCapers (host: @Librarybelle); #teamlesmis (host: @TheBookHippie); #ShardlakeSeriesBR (host: @dabbe) 2w

TheBookHippie I do #SUNDAYBUDDYREAD #CHILDRENSCLASSICREAD2025 #CHLOEGONGREADALONG #READLESMIS #JOURNALINGPROMPTS #KARENINAWINTER and #LITSOLACE with @AllDebooks & @Chrissyreadit 2w

Librarybelle @Cuilin @dabbe —thanks for mentioning the buddy reads I host! This is the last year for #192025 , which is reading a book originally published in each year from 1920-2025 (I‘ll post details later in the year for the next challenge, #192030 ). 2w

Texreader And #litsyatoz that I‘m hosting. 2w

AllDebooks #SeriesLove2025 challenge is a good one, hosted by @Andrew65 2w

AllDebooks Sorry, not finished. And @thelibraryview. I'm doing the Wild Moor reading challenge. https://www.instagram.com/reel/DDKncU5i_Y7/?igsh=MXQ0a3U2cWZ1OHlieQ== 2w

AllDebooks Series love is also hosted by @TheSpineView having a brain malfunction 😅 2w

AllDebooks Thanks for the tags @TheBookHippie and @Cuilin 2w

julieclair In addition to those already mentioned (thanks, @TheAromaofBooks 💙), I also host #ThematicCozies , #AllergicToChunksters , and #MonthlyNonfiction2025 . Others I participate in that haven‘t been mentioned yet are #KindredSpirits with @BarbaraJean , #LittensLoveRomance with @StayCurious , #JaneAustenThenAndNownwith @Crinoline_Laphroaig , #HitchToScreen with @JenlovesJT47 , #FurrowedMiddleBrow and #PersephoneClub with @LeahBergen . 2w

julieclair Also #ClassicsChallenge with @Lunakay and #2025FairyTaleChallenge with @Charityann . Also Acquired Via Litsy #AVL25 with @MatchlessMarie . 2w

Andrew65 This just shows how much is going on, an impressive list. 2w

PuddleJumper Teeth! ❤️ I think my general ones have been mentioned. I also have #RiordanverseReadalong which is reading Rick Riordan books and #ReadYourDamnDanmei which is reading Chinese light novels. I also run seasonal challenges in October/December 2w

PuddleJumper Also #QueerBC Monthly LGBTQIA+ authors and you can read anything they've written 2w

LeahBergen @julieclair Wow, this is a big list! Thanks for tagging our little reading groups. 😘 2w

MatchlessMarie When I have been away from Litsyland for a while I like to check out the @LitsyEvents page for most current things. But this is a great time of year to get back into them. It‘s hard to miss challenges since we are all abuzz with New Year wishful thinking 😂 2w

TheAromaofBooks @Librarybelle - I will be so excited to tackle another long-term project!! I actually think I'm going to complete #192025 which is pretty thrilling! 2w

Librarybelle That‘s so cool, @TheAromaofBooks ! I still have a bit to go but need to tally up my readings from the last half of 2024. I love the long term challenges! 2w

julieclair @LeahBergen I think it‘s more of a “wishful thinking” list! 😂 2w

LeahBergen @julieclair I think you‘re right. 😆 2w

Lauredhel I'm doing #Pantone2025 (two grids) #Fourfoursin25 #WickedWords #MonthlyNonfiction2025 #Bookchain2025 #LGBTQIA2025 #urc2025 #FictionalTraveler #readharder2025 #LitsyAtoZ2025 #booklistqueenchallenge25 #ISpyBingo 2w

Amiable Wanted to add #ChunksterChallenge2025, #DiseaseoftheMonthBookClub and #Nonfiction2025 (edited) 2w

staci.reads Also #SheSaid hosted by @Riveted_Reader_Melissa highlighting books by female authors and women's topics! 2w

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LitsyEvents

Miss Granby's Secret: Or, The Bastard of Pinsk | Eleanor Farjeon

Repost for @LeahBergen

Here it is: our 2025 #FurrowedMiddleBrow reading schedule! It looks like we‘ll be having another enjoyable year together.

As always, anyone is welcome to join in at any time to read along with us and discuss, of course.

Kimzey Yay! 😀 2mo

LeahBergen Thanks for the repost! 2mo

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quietjenn

The Native Heath | Elizabeth Fair

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A re-read for me, but still a pleasant time. It's probably my least favorite Elizabeth Fair, but very cozy and the quintessential #furrowedmiddlebrow publication, I think.

#furrowedmiddlebrowclub

Ruthiella Your LEAST FAVORITE Elizabeth Fair? Wow. I‘m totally looking forward to reading more from her then, because I thought this was great. 😊 6mo

quietjenn Yep, I like her immensely. This one is good, but I think the others are even better. 🙂 Although I haven't yet read the one that was rediscovered! 6mo

willaful @Ruthiella Same! 6mo

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rubyslippersreads What @Ruthiella said. 😄 6mo

Jess_Read_This Oh! I liked this one quite a bit. And it makes me happy to hear that her others might be even better! 6mo

elkeOriginal And what is your favorite(s) of hers? 6mo

quietjenn @elkeOriginal I think Seaview House is my favorite, although I also really loved A Winter Away. It's hard to go wrong with any of them though. And now I kind of want to revisit them all! 6mo

elkeOriginal @quietjenn I already have Winter Away so that is good to hear! 6mo

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LeahBergen

All Done by Kindness: A Novel | Doris Langley Moore

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What‘s better than an art heist caper? A middlebrow art heist caper!

I‘m going to echo what the rest of you have already said in your reviews of this #FurrowedMiddlebrowClub pick; it was a thoroughly enjoyable and delightfully suspenseful read (and I enjoyed it even more than the last one we read by this author).

What do you all think of the illustration of the trunk on the cover of my edition? I can see several items that were mentioned! 😆

rubyslippersreads, quietjenn, Jess_Read_This, Kimzey, erzascarletbookgasm, catebutler, CarolynM, LeahBergen, elkeOriginal, batsy, Tamra, Cathythoughts, jlhammar, Ruthiella, willaful

catebutler Love your vintage edition Leah! I‘m about half way through and really enjoying it! So happy this one was picked! 🩷 1y

jlhammar Absolutely love that cover!! Delightfully suspenseful indeed. And what a great ending 😆 1y

willaful Ah, love those old editions. Perfect #furrowedmiddlebrow 1y

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Kimzey Love the photo and the review! 1y

Tamra Perfect cover art! 1y

Leftcoastzen Wow loving that cover! 1y

quietjenn Love the cover. Everyone just forgets about the broken vase and the manuscript 😅 I like this one better too and am insanely curious about her others, which sounds totally different. 1y

Ruthiella Love that cover! 😍 I remember liking My Caravaggio but maybe because the main character was so annoying, I like this one better? 1y

batsy That's a fantastic cover! Suits the book so well. I preferred this to My Caravaggio, as well. 1y

elkeOriginal Gorgeous edition! Amazing bookshelves! You kill me, lady 📚💗 1y

kspenmoll Love the cover, even though I haven‘t read the book! 1y

Cathythoughts I love the trunk on your book cover. Treasures 💫 1y

erzascarletbookgasm Great edition! I love your shelves as well 😍 1y

CarolynM That‘s a beautiful edition😍 Appropriate for a lovely book. 1y

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CBee

Tarot Card Killer | Greg Strandberg

Alrighty friends, it‘s July (really?), so time for another #TBRtarot card! As always, let me know if you‘d like to be removed from the tag list *or* added, and happy reading!

CBee @Allylu @AmyG @AshleyHoss820 @BarbaraBB @batsy @Bklover @BookLineNSinker @BookwormAHN @candc320 @CatMS @Deblovestoread @erzascarletbookgasm @jenniferw88 @julieclair @Librariana @MatchlessMarie @Meshell1313 @MoonWitch94 @PageShifter @PathfinderNicole @RaeLovesToRead @Read4life @Ruthiella @SusanLee @ShelleyBooksie @TheKidUpstairs @youneverarrived @willaful @RainyDayReading @Lizpixie 2y

CBee @LitsyEvents 2y

CBee I‘ll either read

Doctors and Friends

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CBee Or

The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy

TheKidUpstairs Perfect! I just started reading

All Creatures Great and Small

Ruthiella This will work perfectly with my planned #FurrowedMiddlebrow read for July

Miss Carter and the Ifrit

Meshell1313 Perfect timing as I just picked up this new release:

A Crown of Ivy and Glass

batsy @Ruthiella and I are think alike 😆 That'll be my pick, too! 2y

CBee @TheKidUpstairs great choice! 2y

CBee @batsy @Ruthiella multiple challenges ticked off, yay! 2y

CBee @Meshell1313 perfect!! 2y

willaful Gosh, a toughie. 😁 I'm also reading “Miss Carter and the Ifrit.“ 2y

CBee @willaful so awesome that a few of y‘all are reading the same book! 2y

Ruthiella @willaful @batsy What a coincidence! 🤣 2y

youneverarrived This was tougher than it sounded. Going with

Sorrow and Bliss

CBee @youneverarrived that‘s a pretty good read 💚 2y

AmyG I will be reading

Elvis and the Grateful Dead

CBee @AmyG that sounds fun! 2y

julieclair I‘m joining @Ruthiella @batsy and @willaful in reading

Miss Carter and the Ifrit

CBee @julieclair it‘s a #FurrowedMiddlebrow party 😂😊 2y

willaful Ain't no party like a #FurrowedMiddlebrow party!

I was so sad about his recent post. I'm dying to read that expanded Henrietta book. I tried to comment and suggest a kickstarter, but it never takes my comments. 2y

batsy @CBee @julieclair 😆🎉🎉 2y

CBee @CatLass007 here is July‘s prompt! You can also search the tag #tbrtarot to see all of the others 😊💚 1y

CatLass007 @cbee Thank you. @Ruthiella and @willaful I don‘t need to commit to any more book discussions, readalongs, or anything else. But please tell me the #FurrowedMiddlebrow details just in case I change my mind. 1y

CatLass007

The Ghost and Mrs. Muir: Vintage Movie Classics

CBee @CatLass007 perfect! 😊 1y

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Gissy

And the Month Was May | Tony Holt

I read 12 books in May (one book was the #CBBC reading and I don‘t own that book).
Only one bingo but I read #BookSpin and #DoubleSpin books I read more books in the free spaces😂
No bingo in the #ISpyBingo May @TheAromaOfBooks @Clwojick

Two books were not completed. I will try to finish them during this month. They are:
The Splendid and the Vile #AuthorAMonth @Soubhiville
Clothes-Pegs #FurrowedMiddlebrow @LeahBergen

LeahBergen What a good month! Did you not like Clothes-Pegs? 2y

Gissy @LeahBergen I‘m enjoying it but I couldn‘t finish it because it was a busy month, where we have to sacrifice our reading time☹️Today is June 5th and I haven‘t read much either😩 2y

Clwojick Good job! 2y

TheAromaofBooks Yay!! Fantastic month!!! 2y

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MaureenMc

Begin Again | Ursula Orange

My final 😔 Book Depository order arrived a few days ago. I believe the tagged was a previous #Furrowedmiddlebrow group pick. The other I chose mainly for the cover, although I do love E.M. Delafield. #buybuyBookDepository
And the bookmarks are adorable!

Cathythoughts Lovely books 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 we‘ll miss Book D. 🙁 2y

LeahBergen I loved Begin Again! ❤️ 2y

Tamra What amazing covers! 2y

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MaureenMc @Cathythoughts We certainly will miss them. 😞 2y

MaureenMc @LeahBergen I‘m looking forward to reading it! 2y

MaureenMc @Tamra They are rather striking, aren‘t they? 🤩 2y

CarolynM I loved Begin Again ❤️ And the other 2 Ursula Orange books published by FMB. 2y

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